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"Bag Holder. No. 242,282. patemed May 31,1881.

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STATES ATENT GEORGE O. DENISON, OF WATERLOO, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TOHIMSELF AND MICHAEL KIPLINGER, OF SAME PLACE.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,282, dated May 31,1881.

Application filed March 25, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE OSCAR. DENI- SON,of Waterloo, in the county of De Kalb and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and Improved Bag-Holder; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention,showing a bag attached. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is an endview.

My invention relates to improvements in bagholders; and it consists incertain details of construction hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, (t represents a bag-holder, preferablyoval in horizontal section, and made low in front and high in rear toexpedite the filling of the sack and prevent the grain from running outat the rear of the bag-holder. The bag-holder c is provided withsuitable hooks, 12, adapted to be inserted into the upper end of thesack to secure it to the bag-holder.

c is a coiled spring, having its straight ends hooked to engage witheyes d, secured to the opposite ends of the major axis of the bagholder.The coiled spring cis preferably formed of one piece of wire, and isprovided with a stem, 0, having an eye, h, at its upper end, by whichthe bag-holder is hung on a nail or pin.

,The coiled spring thus forms a bail for the bag-holder, by means ofwhich it is suspended. To the rear side of the bag-holder, at itsmiddle, is secured the vertical stay 03, having an eye, j, at its upperend, through which the stem 0 passes.

By this construction it will be seen that the bag-holder introduced intothe mouth of a sack will be prevented from tipping too far forward orbackward in filling a sack, and that the bagholder will be held in ahorizontal position, or nearly so, in filling a sack secured thereto.

By suspending the bag-holder from a spring, as above described, the sacksecured thereto will drop to the floor when grain is introduced into it,thus relieving the strain on the hooks secured to the sack andpreventing the tearing of the same, and the lifting of filled bags toremove them from the hooks is entirely dispensed with, as the bag-holdercan be drawn down and the hooks disengaged from a sack without liftingor moving the same.

What I claim as my invention is e l. The combination, with thebag-holder a, provided with the stay *5, having an eye, j, at its upperend, of the coiled spring 0, pivoted to the bag-holder and provided withthe stem 0, passing through the eye j, substantially as described, andfor the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the bag-holder a, made low in front and high inrear, and provided with books 1), eyes at, and stay 2', having eye j, ofthe coiled spring 0, havin ghooked ends, and stem 0, having eye h,substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE OSCAR DENISON.

Witnesses:

D. Y. HUSSELMAN, J. B. HoovER.

